Archives for June 2015

When I am training for something, I do fairly well. By well, I mean sticking with a training program, putting my workouts in, and eating moderately OK. I did all of those things leading up to my marathon race in February. I was petrified of NOT putting in the training and having a horrible … [Read more...]

This past Saturday my dude and I went to a birthing class at the hospital where we are going to deliver Roman. It was 3 hours of learning about all the things that accompany pregnancy, 1 hour of practicing breathing patterns, 1 hour of learning that Au Bon Pain is a pregnant lady’s dream, and 1 hour … [Read more...]

If there is anything I hear more from people when I say I'm a runner, it's something along the lines of "You're going to destroy your knees!" I would like to be the first (really not) person to say this is a myth and totally untrue. It will not cause arthritis – if you get arthritis in your knees … [Read more...]

Have you been hearing stories that fats are better than carbs for fuel for endurance athletes? Maybe you have wondered if scientific research supports those stories? To find the latest science, I attended the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). ACSM is an organization … [Read more...]

I'm still in a little bit of denial, but I am begrudgingly coming to the conclusion that I will be joining the "gluten-free club." I have thought that I've had an issue with gluten for years - yes I have been tested for Celiac Disease, which I do not have. Celiac disease affects approximately 1 in … [Read more...]

I've seen these types of posts before in my travels around the interwebs and figured why not share my own list. These are the 10 commandments of weight loss I try to keep all the time. Emphasis on try! Sometimes they come easy. Many times they do not. But for me, it's a good list of things that … [Read more...]